Mimi on May 24th, 2009

Again.

But this time around, it’ll be for business. So I’m not sure if I can get any sightseeing done.
But the good news is: I’ll be making a quick stop at the picturesque town of Bruges in Belgium, where I definitely will be doing some sightseeing. Wheee!
I’ll be back in the blogosphere after a week. Ta-ta [...]

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Mimi on May 22nd, 2009

What is it with me and food from faraway places that I visit?
I’ve been craving for Omani kebab lately like crazy. And it didn’t help when I browsed through the pics that I took in Oman and found this shot that I took of an old man selling kebab from the roadside, somewhere along a [...]

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Mimi on May 20th, 2009

It’s a universal fact that your mobile phone almost always rings when you’re in the bathroom or busy with something or another.
By the time you’re reunited with your phone, you pick it up and scroll through the ‘Missed Calls’ list to check who it was. You see an unfamiliar number and, for a moment, you [...]

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Mimi on May 19th, 2009

When in Oman and looking for some souvenirs, just rush to the nearest souk and buy yourself some Omani silver.

The choices are bewildering, as everything is crammed side by side on walls and shelves, hanging from the low ceilings, mixed up nonchalantly in bins and barrels.
The most obvious choice is the traditional curved dagger, the [...]

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Mimi on May 17th, 2009

This weekend’s treat is a favourite among the kids, a no-brainer to prepare, and is ready in a jiffy: Super Chewy Brownies, adapted from AllRecipes.Com’s Deep Dish Brownies.

Here’s the tweaked recipe:-
Super Chewy Brownies

Ingredients:
* 3/4 cup butter, melted
* 1 1/2 cups white sugar
* 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract (or 1 vanilla bean)
* 1 egg
* 3/4 cup [...]

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